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CLEVELAND (AP) — "The Price Is Right" host Drew Carey is ready to showcase his Shakespearean side in a concert appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra.

LONDON (AFP) - Mick Jagger, the snake-hipped, rubber-lipped frontman of the Rolling Stones, celebrates his 65th birthday Saturday but shows no signs of slowing down, despite officially becoming an old age pensioner.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Sobriety and Andy Dick may be TV's next odd couple, and perhaps the unlikeliest! The incessantly troubled comedian/laughing stock is reportedly set to air his dirty laundry on a new reality TV series, Sober Living.

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate."

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Eva Longoria-Parker has set her sights on Sin City.

CLEVELAND (AP) — "The Price Is Right" host Drew Carey is ready to showcase his Shakespearean side in a concert appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra.

RIYADH (Reuters) - A Turkish soap opera that flopped when first broadcast in its native Turkey three years ago has taken the Arab world by storm, provoking a flood of Gulf Arab tourists to Turkey that even includes royalty.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Sobriety and Andy Dick may be TV's next odd couple, and perhaps the unlikeliest! The incessantly troubled comedian/laughing stock is reportedly set to air his dirty laundry on a new reality TV series, Sober Living.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The reality is, there won't be an Emmy host this year — there will be five.

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Halle Berry said a paparazzi went too far to get a shot of her infant daughter, alleging that the shooter trespassed on her private property and snapped them hanging out in the backyard.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Military salvage teams used hydraulic pumps and pontoons Friday to raise a Russian submarine once featured in a Hollywood film that sank in the Providence River last year during a storm.

SAN DIEGO - Zack Snyder is standing inside a 9,000-pound, tanklike metal pod in the center of the crowded Comic-Con floor. He nonchalantly points out the features of the Owl Ship, a real-life version of the flying vehicle from the award-winning graphic novel "Watchmen."

SAN DIEGO - The creator of "X-Men" bumped into Wolverine at Comic-Con.

PARIS - It sounds like a scene from "Fight Club."

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s $3.3 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean millions of subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services, while executives say it will create huge cost savings for the industry.

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Will Britney Spears make a return to MTV's Video Music Awards in September?

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - It was a scalding summer day in Los Angeles as some of the music industry's most distinguished urban artists made their way to the Shrine Auditorium for the 2008 BET Awards. This year's bill featured all the heavy hitters: Usher, Lil Wayne, Alicia Keys and T-Pain assisted by DJ Khaled, Ludacris and Rick Ross.

DETROIT (Billboard) - Singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata says her ambitious sophomore album, "A Record in Two Parts ... Elephants and Teeth Sinking Into Heart*," "almost goes against everything I believe in (for) a record.

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - After devoting himself to gospel on his recent recordings, Randy Travis is back with his first country album in eight years.

Quantas denied corrosion was responsible for a 10-ft hole in its plane that made an emergency landing.

Showbiz Tonight's A.J. Hammer investigates how most Hollywood couples make their relationships work.

Gitesh Pandya of BoxOfficeGuru.com gives CNN's Anjali Rao his take on "The X Files" and "Step Brothers."

X-Files star reflects on iconic TV series and his relationship Gillian Anderson.

Mark Kermode reviews the latest UK film releases, including The Dark Knight and Lou Reed's Berlin.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s $3.3 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean millions of subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services, while executives say it will create huge cost savings for the industry.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's $3.3 billion purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc was approved with conditions by U.S. communications regulators on Friday, clearing the way for a deal that will leave just one U.S. satellite radio service.

-Yesterday's Winners: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Fox), So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)

DEAR ABBY: My half-brother, "Jace," and I had a complicated childhood. My father had an explosive temper and a disdain for children in general. He was abusive, and our mentally ill mother was absent during his rages.

DEAR ABBY: My wife thinks I have a problem because I do not have a close relationship with my mother. We go for weeks without talking or seeing each other, and it doesn't bother me. Since I was about 13, my parents were hardly ever around. My mom was a workaholic, and my dad was an alcoholic, so I became totally self-sufficient.

DEAR ABBY: My significant other helped me find a wonderful job with intelligent people. I'm an inveterate punster -- "If I put a leafy green vegetable on the barbecue, will it be chard?"

07/25/2008 - DEAR MARGO: About four and a half years ago I had a one-night stand with a friend of a friend who was leaving in a few weeks for the Army.

07/24/2008 - DEAR MARGO: My wife and I have a loving marriage.

07/18/2008 - DEAR MARGO: What ever happened to raising your children and letting them face the world when they are grown?

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man was accused of shooting his lawn mower because it wouldn't start. Keith Walendowski, 56, was charged with felony possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle and misdemeanor disorderly conduct while armed.

MORRISTON, Fla. - Authorities say a Levy County man accidentally shot his wife while trying to hit a fox that had attacked her. The couple told deputies they had spotted an animal in their yard Friday morning and went outside to see what it was.

PORTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Two teenagers have been arrested after kayaking across a lake and stealing beer and energy drinks from a man's beachfront tiki bar.

WILMINGTON, Del. - New Castle Police say a woman chased down a burglar she caught carrying her property out of her house, and got her stuff back. It happened Tuesday morning in a home on Pennsylvania Avenue in Manor Park.

HOMER, Mich. - Two Michigan sisters surprised hospital staff and themselves by giving birth to daughters on the same day. The Hillsdale Daily News reported that Sarah Sweeter made the trip from Kalamazoo to be with her sister Deborah Lewis in Homer for the birth of her niece on Wednesday.

VIENNA (AFP) - Salzburg is alive with the sound of music once again, as the von Trapp family's villa opened its doors to the public this weekend for the first time, as a hotel and museum.

PITTSBURGH - Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.

SAN DIEGO - "Lost" fans can start expecting some answers.

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate."

Los Angeles (E! Online) - The most buzzed-about movie at this year's San Diego Comic-Con is, without a doubt, the brainy, violent superhero flick Watchmen. So director Zack Snyder (300) brought plenty of ammo to today's panel, including his cast, some dark philosophy and very crowd-pleasing visuals.